Sentence examples for lead stands from inspiring English sources

The lead stands at six, the biggest margin at The Open for 40 years.

Mr Nelson's lead stands at 27 points in the latest poll, and he is far ahead in cash reserves.

If O'Toole's 35-vote lead stands, her north Townsville seat will easily be the most marginal in the country, taking over from Clive Palmer's 53-vote grip in Fairfax in last election.

And even though his lead stands at only 300 votes, campaign officials are confident Mr. Bush will remain ahead after overseas absentee ballots are received and counted at the end of the week.

Re "Bush's Lead Stands at 930 After Overseas Count; G.O.P. and Democrats Trading Accusations on Military Votes" (front page, Nov. 19): Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf's assertion that overseas military personnel are being disenfranchised by Democrats "because of some technicality" raises some questions.

As the two well-funded candidates pepper the airwaves with advertising, Goode's lead stands at 55percentto42percentcent, according to the poll's survey of 680 likely voters.

That lead stood until Mike Piazza came up again.

But Dickey seemed destined to make a first-inning lead stand up.

Can Schleck, who is not a strong time trialist, make his lead stand up?

Hiroki Kuroda made the lead stand, taking a shutout into the seventh.

Ron Tugnutt made an early lead stand up, turning aside 44 shots.